Welcome to Loud & ClearSTL, the renamed and renewed blog for the Center for Hearing & Speech. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit agency that provides top quality speech and audiology services for individuals of all ages, regardless of one’s ability to pay. The blog is a tool we’re using to tell you who we are, what we do and how we do it. If you have a question, comment or concern about anything we post, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The Center that has been a friend to so many with hearing and
speech disorders has just become a little friendlier.

A hearing induction loop system has been installed in the
Center’s waiting room, to be activated within the next couple of weeks. The
loop system itself is quite simple, composed of just a sound source connected
to a loop of wiring around the perimeter of the room. However, clients with
hearing aids will notice a huge difference: The current from the wiring creates
a magnetic field that telecoils, which are equipped in most hearing aids, turn
into an audio signal.

Dr. Rebecca Frazier, Center Chief Audiologist, further
explains how the system works. “It basically makes the hearing aid become a
personal loudspeaker in the ear. The loop connects to the microphone at the
front desk, so clients will soon be able to hear whomever is at the desk as if
they're speaking directly in their ear.”

While induction loop technology is decades old and inexpensive,
its use is not widespread in America. However, Dr. Frazier expects hearing
loops to become more common in the St. Louis area, both in commercial locations
and privately owned homes and cars. Currently, St. Louis hearing groups are
working together to raise money to loop a St. Louis area theater!

The Center that has been a friend to so many with hearing
and speech disorders has just become a little friendlier.

Monday, August 11, 2014

It's time for us to revive our blog!
We're super excited (seriously, we're very pumped up over here) to announce we'll be bringing the blog back! We'll keep you updated about advancements at the Center in the audiology and speech pathology fields, as well as shining a spotlight on some special Center friends. We also want to hear what you have to say about what you want to see! (See what we did there?) So if you've got a question burning a hole in your metaphorical pocket, fire away!
We can't wait to start sharing with you again!